Chapter IV. The View From The CapeFirst exploration of the coast. - Briant and Gordon through the wood. - Vain attempt to find a cave. - Inventory of equipment. - Provisions, weapons, clothing, bedding, utensils, tools, instruments. - First breakfast. - First night.
Was it an island, or a continent? That was the question constantly occupying the minds of Briant, Gordon, and Donagan, who by their character and intelligence were the chiefs of this little world. Thinking of the future when the youngsters only thought of the present, they often talked together on the subject.
Whether it was insular or continental, the land was evidently not in the tropics. That could be seen by the vegetation — oaks, beeches, birches, alders, pines, and firs of different sorts, and several of the myrta
